2025 SJC Institute - Creating a Brain Healthy World

Creating a Brain Healthy World

Tuesday 13 May   |   6:00pm for a 6:30pm start. The event will conclude at 7:30pm.

In the past 25 years, there has been a dramatic increase in our understanding of the human brain, how it develops and learns and how we think. Many of the older ideas and strategies have been shown to be incorrect, and recent findings paint a very different picture of the human brain and its capacity to learn, adapt and enable us to think. This presentation will cover many of the recent findings and discuss the new concepts and ideas around the neuroscience of thinking. The focus will be on how we can all implement strategies to improve learning, memory and most importantly, deep understanding.

About Dr Mark Williams

Dr Mark is a professor of cognitive neuroscience, with over 25 years experience conducting behavioural and brain imaging research focusing on our social skills and how we learn. He has received numerous awards for teaching and research, taught neuroscience to a wide range of students, published more than 70 scientific articles, and worked at MIT (USA) and multiple universities in Australia.

Dr Mark draws on his extensive scientific background to work with organisations to develop evidence-based practices using neuroscience to improve productivity, innovation and mental health. He regularly runs programs on the neuroscience of learning, the neuroscience of emotions, neuroscience of communication, how to hack your habits, how our brains create our reality, and the impact of modern technologies on our brains.

Dr Mark’s new book “The Connected Species” is a #1 Best Seller and his work has been highlighted in the media both locally [e.g., Channel Ten, Channel 7, ABC, SkyNews, The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age] and internationally [e.g., The Guardian, New York Times, Economist, New Scientist, Forbes].